Just a quick Religion of Peace roundup.

First, in a companion story to "Dan Who?" tee bee shows us that CBS is not the only media outlet subject to dhimmification.

Then, if you're doing the happy happy joy joy dance over the "anti-terror fatwa" released yesterday, you need to read this from my homie Patrick.

Finally, we know how Islamofascist regimes treat women. Look at how they treat children as well. And sign the petition, please.

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(Genting Highlands, Malaysia) It seems the followers of Islam can easily show contempt for people who eat pork.

The Muslims on staff at the First World Hotel in Genting Highlands showed their disrespect for 600 Chinese tourists by imprinting their meal tickets with images of pig's heads. Scuffles even broke out between the Muslims and the pork-loving Chinese visitors.

The hotel denied any racism was involved and apologized. Nonetheless, it appears that believers in the religion of peace become less peaceful when they smell pork cooking. And, it also seems the Muslims get nasty even when neither Americans nor Iraqis nor Brits are involved.

Companion post at Interested-Participant.

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It was bound to happen sooner or later - finally, it appears that we are begining to see a few rays of truth about Islamic terrorism appear on the printed pages of the mainstream media, and albeit it's an opinion piece, nonetheless, it's a good one and damned timely.

So let's get right to the point:

Islam is linked from the beginning with the practice of divinely sanctioned warfare and lethal injunctions against apostates and unbelievers. Islam experienced no period of wandering and exclusion; from its inception, Islam formed a unitary state bent on military conquest.

(...) Most commentators argue that Islamic terrorism is a fanatical perversion of Islam which deviates from its true teachings. They call for a Western-style modernization of the Muslim world, hoping thereby that radical Islam will be tamed.

(...) This analysis misses the point. The nature of the terrorist threat is unambiguously Islamic and is not so much a deviation from Muslim tradition as an appeal to it.

(...) the oft-quoted remark that Islam is a religion of peace is false. It is historically illiterate to claim that war is foreign to Islam and it is theologically uninformed to argue that jihad is merely a personal inner struggle with no external military correlate.

(...) The Prophet died a successful military leader who created a single Islamic polity that expanded - through warfare - all over the known world. The caliphate combined the double logic of a religious community and an imperial state.

(...) While the Koran enjoins that there shall be "no compulsion in religion," Islam still regards it as a holy duty to extend militarily the borders of the House of Islam against the demonic world of unbelievers.

(...) When extremists say they are killing in the name of Islam, they are in part appealing to Islamic traditions of long standing.

(...) Al Qaeda sympathizers avidly read European fascist literature and pursue religious ends via atheist methods. Recruits to the cause are not the excluded uneducated poor, they are intellectuals with a radical critique of Western society and its impact on Islam.

(...) there can be no accommodation with an ideology that seeks to fashion the whole world in its own image. The essentially Islamic nature of this terror demands nothing less than a reformation in the name of an alternative Islam.

Read the entire article, then sit back and ask yourself, "isn't time to lock and load?

Cross posted by Hyscience

Hat tip - Mark In Mexico

TAGS: Islam, Muslim, terrorism, Al Qaeda

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Lori Allen, a University of Chicago anthropology graduate student, conducted research in the West Bank under a Social Science Research Council-GSC Program fellowship and wrote an article that first appeared in Middle East Report 223 (Summer 2002). In that article she wrote that the "Average Bomber" was not driven to self destruction by dispair, all Palestinians living under 'occupation' are desperate, and that neither does poverty explain the motivation for self destruction (to which I add - 'and the murder of innocents'), rather, that a combination of faith and conviction motivates (suicide) bombers: "Religion is the factor that creates the bravery in [the suicide bomber] to be a martyr. And religion makes him (or her) highly sensitive to the issue of justice [to which I add - a perverted blind since of his/her distorted (by the Islamist's definition and teachings)] view of what constitutes justice.

After reading Lori's article, I reread the words, "Religion is the factor that creates the bravery in the bomber to be a martyr. And religion makes him highly sensitive to the issue of justice." Subsequently, the first thought that came to mind was, "That's one hell of a distortion of reality to get out of a 'religion,' and when did murder, suicide, and maiming innocent people have anything to do with God or a religion? But of course we're not talking about just any religion, where talking about Islam. And, we're in the year 2005, three years after Lori's report, so are the motives the same?

Today, for a more up to date analysis, we can look to Andrew Cochran writing at The CounterTerrorism Blog on his appearance on MSNBC's "Connected" program to discuss the 7/7 London attacks (you can see video of the segment on the linked page). One of his fellow guests was Pierre Rehov, a French filmmaker who has filmed six documentaries on the intifada by going undercover in the Palestinian areas. Pierre's upcoming film, "Suicide Killers," is based on interviews that he conducted with the families of suicide bombers and would-be bombers in an attempt to find out why they do it. It's a post that I think you'll find very interesting and informative.

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1 Those cursed suicide bombers are blowing things up for clearly secular-nationalist goals.

Posted by: Downing Street Memo at July 27, 2005 09:57 PM (ScqM8)

2 "Terrorists may indeed be driven by hate and resentment, but their actions are also determined by geopolitical considerations, as professor Robert Pape of the University of Chicago, among others, has pointed out. Many terrorists—and they include persons with formal educations—have reasons for carrying out their horrible deeds: “The central fact,” notes Pape, “is that overwhelmingly suicide-terrorist attacks are not driven by religion as much as they are by a clear strategic objective: to compel modern democracies to withdraw military forces from the territory that the terrorists view as their homeland” (interview in The American Conservative , July 1 . This statement, far from empathy, is an effort to explain terrorism—which we have no choice but to understand if we want to overcome it."

Posted by: Downing Street Memo at July 27, 2005 10:59 PM (ScqM8)

3 Your medication you idiot. Take your medication.

Posted by: greyrooster at July 28, 2005 06:19 AM (eVGfQ)

4 KlanRooster, Racist hog-beating prairie Rove-Bidet, medication will not help you. Only Jesus can bring you back.

Posted by: Downing Street Memo at July 28, 2005 06:30 AM (ScqM8)

5 Let me tell you a story: Once upon a time there was a devoted Muslim, He was a quiet one and never bothered anybody. He prayed 3 times a day towards Mecca, dismissed un-believers and quietly read his Quran. Until one day when an old Muslim friend returning from Afghanistan came by and told him another aspect of Islam. He said; this is how you interpret Jihad and it's something every faithful Muslim must do. Nonsense! would be the first thought that should come to mind he didn't want to kill anybody, but the devouted Muslim had thoroughly read the Quran, memorized every bit and it was all there, he had to do it.. They desire that you should disbelieve as they have disbelieved, so that you might be (all) alike; therefore take not from among them friends until they fly (their homes) in Allah's way; but if they turn back [to their homes], then seize them and kill them wherever you find them, and take not from among them a friend or a helper. Mein Quran, excerpt 004:089 Comming up next: DSM manages to get banned from Jawa report, tries to harbour secular suicide bombers and gets beheaded in reward.

Posted by: Ren at July 28, 2005 07:24 AM (a9tRx)

6 there is poverty in South America,Central America, Mexico, Africa,and yet i dont see any suicide bombers in those countries???....and also most of these countries are mostly of the Christian faith which prohibits suicide and murder....hmmmm, the Middle East and most of South ASia is what religion????oh yea, ISLAM....and MOST of it is poor, excluding Saudia Arabia and Kuawait which seem to be very well to do including its rulers....gee, ISLAM does allow murder of the infidel, and even though the Koran states that suicide is forbiden it laters says that suicide is okay if done for the glory and spread of ISLAM, so the Muslims have a thin but possible excuse for suicide/mass murder bombings and slaughters....seems to me and many others that the problem is what is taught from the Koran/ISLAM

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First - an update on the Islamists and what the world is and isn't doing about their primitive, base, archaic, and inhuman views, actions, and perversions. (News)

In the name of Allah: A World Bank "Country Assistance Strategies" report on Pakistan estimated that 15-20% of madrassas are involved in military-related teaching and training. The World Bank maintains that the radicalization process started with their politicization during the 1980s.(So we see that the Islamist view of religion is to use God's name to further their political agenda steeped in a perversion of what moderate Muslim's, sitting outside what has become mainstream Islam, view as their faith)

Open Season For Jihadis: KARACHI - Sophisticated terror attacks using the minimum possible resources to target civilians are the issue of the day, whether it be in Egypt, the United Kingdom or Spain. (And the U.S.; I suggest that it's time to make it open season ON jihadis and those even dreaming about it)

Terror war officially recast as 'struggle': The Bush administration is retooling its slogan for the fight against Al Qaeda and other terrorist groups, pushing the idea that the long-term struggle is as much an ideological battle as a military mission. (A little late to get started in the right direction, but better late than never!)

Blair: World slept after 9/11 - British Prime Minister Tony Blair said Tuesday that much of the world had dropped its guard to the threat of terrorism after the "wake-up call" of the 9/11 attacks of 2001. (In his saying that "Britain would not give "one inch" to terrorists and said it was time to confront them "on every single level,"" it looks like we've just seen the first yawn in Britain's wake-up to the fact of Islam being a threat to their continued existence, as they now know it,)

Turkey al-Faisal wants intensified search for Bin Laden: The new Saudi Arabian ambassador to the USA, Prince Turkey al-Faisal, called for the deployment of more forces and weapons in the search operation for the leader of al-Qaida movement, Osama Bin Laden. Prince Turkey said that "we know that Bin Laden is in an area where it is very difficult to chase him, and therefore there is a need for more assets, people and ammunition." (Now, let's see if he can walk the walk)

Egypt terror probe widens: Police said Monday they were searching for five Pakistani men in their widening investigation into Egypt's deadliest terror attack, which killed scores of people at this Red Sea resort. (Egyptian authorities continue to portray the Taba bombings as an extension of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, instead of openly recognizing it as a homegrown Islamic militant movement or an al Qaeda-linked operation.)

Islam Dominates Iraq's Draft Constitution: Framers of Iraq's constitution will designate Islam as the main source of legislation - a departure from the model set down by U.S. authorities during the occupation - according to a draft published Tuesday. The draft states no law will be approved that contradicts "the rules of Islam" - a requirement that could affect women's rights and set Iraq on a course far different from the one envisioned when U.S.-led forces invaded in 2003 to topple Saddam Hussein. "Islam is the official religion of the state and is the main source of legislation," reads the draft published in the government newspaper Al-Sabah. "No law that contradicts with its rules can be promulgated." (They get the right to vote, then the guys that won the election totally give in to the Sunnis, the guys that wouldn't even show up at the polls, and turn the whole country back to the stone age. Well, that must make sense to somebody, but not me.)

'BIN LADEN'S COCAINE PLOT': Osama bin Laden tried to buy a massive amount of cocaine, spike it with poison and sell it in the United States hoping to kill thousands, according to reports. (Well, it would deter drug use, would it not?)

BLAIR'S ATTACK ON TERROR: The Prime Minister has said Iraq is just an excuse for terrorists, insisting there is no justification for what they do. And he said he wants to "expose the obscenity" of the terrorists' "warped logic". Speaking passionately at his monthly news briefing, he said the roots of terrorism go much deeper than Iraq or Afghanistan.(I think Tony is right-on here, my only question is what logic of the terrorists is he refering to as warped? In my mind, the Islamic terrorists have NO logic or mind to be logical with! They are simply mindless inhuman criminals)

And all of this is happening because of Iraq, you say. Well ....

We all awakened this morning to yet another day of tension in the world brought upon it by a group of people that our governments have been lying to us about for years, telling us over and over about those peaceful, kindly, loving, Islamists.

In case you've been in a cave with no contact with the outside world since the late 1960s, assuming you are old enought to do so, you should recall that it was then that the Palestinian secular movements such as Al Fatah and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) began to target civilians outside the immediate arena of conflict.

That was when the creation of Israel gave birth to a series of Marxist and anti-Western transformations and movements throughout the Arab and Islamic world, and it was these nationalist and revolutionary style movements, along with their view that terrorism could be effective in reaching political goals(a key component of the Islamic agenda), that the first phase of modern international Islamic terrorism was established. And ever since that time, the Islamists have been using Israel as one of their excuses for murder and mayhem to further their political agenda throughout the world with the ultimate goal of establishing the Caliphate.

But it was in 1979 that a turning point occured in international terrorism. It was then that throughout the Arab world and the West, the Iranian Islamic revolution sparked fears of a wave of revolutionary Shia Islam. Meanwhile, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the subsequent anti-Soviet mujahedeen war, lasting from 1979 to 1989, stimulated the rise and expansion of terrorist groups. It was the growth of a post-jihad pool of well-trained, battle-hardened militants that began the key trend in the international terrorism and insurgency-related violence that we see today.

It was then that, in a manner that we see repeated today, volunteers from various parts of the Islamic world fought in Afghanistan, supported by conservative countries such as Saudi Arabia. In Yemen, for instance, the Riyadh-backed Islamic Front was established to provide financial, logistical, and training support for Yemeni volunteers. So called "Arab-Afghans" and their counterparts of today, have - and still are - using their experience to support local insurgencies throughout the Middle East, North Africa, Kashmir, Chechnya, China, Bosnia, and the Philippines.

Jumping ahead a few years, we come to Osama bin-Laden. It was on August 23, 1996 that he made the statement, "it is essential to hit the main enemy who divided the Ummah [Arab world] into small and little countries." That enemy, he said, is America and Israel.

With those words, he made it clear that Al-Qaeda's objective is not limited to U.S. withdrawal from the Middle East, the 'out of Iraq' demand made by Islamists and suggested by liberal appeasers of Islamic terrorism. Rather, Al-Qaeda views getting the West to pull out of Iraq and the Middle East as a necessary prerequisite to the attainment of its ultimate goal: the establishment of an Islamist super-state ruled by the harshest version of Islamic law, primed to re-conquer formerly Muslim lands and pursue an aggressive expansionist agenda. more...

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1 "In the name of Allah: A World Bank "Country Assistance Strategies" report on Pakistan estimated that 15-20% of madrassas are involved in military-related teaching and training. " And 100% of the Israeli youth serve in the military.

Posted by: greg at July 26, 2005 04:22 PM (/+dAV)

2 And 100 percent of Greg's brain is dog vomit. It is the dog vomit he eats every time he goes to DU(not Ducks Unlimited, a wonderful organization) and Indymedia. He continues to throw up and eat the same dog vomit over and over. Greg, you idiot, just how many people do you think Israel has? A very small number, so yes, to survive, almost all of Israeli youth serve in the military. Why don't you go post on your own sucky blog? Or better yet, go smoke some dope with your buddy Downing Street Memo moonbat. Then go to Indymedia and stay there and post with your loser friends.

Posted by: jesusland joe at July 26, 2005 04:38 PM (DDXXI)

3 Oh, by the way, Greg, you and your loser friends better watch out. Osama has been trying to find a way to poison the cocaine supply. I sure wouldn't want anything bad to happen to you. Regards!

Posted by: jesusland joe at July 26, 2005 04:44 PM (DDXXI)

4 Only religious fanatic Bush could take two secular countries where men and women were equal, militarize it, put wackos in power there and then let it be taken over by repressive nutcases. Hint: Mesopotamia is just one, guess the other after you look down at your feet!

Posted by: Downing Street Memo at July 26, 2005 04:52 PM (ScqM8)

5 JESUSBOY: Osama has been trying to find a way to poison the cocaine supply." He'd have better luck with the opium supply that is blooming now in Afghanistan.

Posted by: greg at July 26, 2005 05:01 PM (/+dAV)

6 UBL is a SCUMBAG!

Posted by: Downing Street Memo at July 26, 2005 05:07 PM (ScqM8)

7 I hope he does poison the cocaine and heroine supply....

Posted by: Mr. K at July 26, 2005 06:12 PM (COM7H)

8 'BIN LADEN'S COCAINE PLOT': Osama bin Laden tried to buy a massive amount of cocaine, spike it with poison and sell it in the United States hoping to kill thousands, according to reports. OMG, that is brilliant! Imagine a world with no stinky stoner hippies! Gee, maybe this Osama dude's not so bad after all.

Posted by: Princess Kimberley at July 26, 2005 06:22 PM (LNA9X)

9 Sewermouth Kimberley, You are such a Coulter wannabe - go to Saudi Arabia and fight your counter-jihad!

Posted by: Downing Street Memo at July 26, 2005 06:29 PM (ScqM8)

10 Kimberly, I think you touched a nerve, and I like it! Keep up the great work. Greg, why don't you answer the question or respond in a logical way to what's being said? I know the answer. You're nothing but a stupid troll, and you should have been banned from this site a long time ago. Rusty, you are a patient man.

Posted by: jesusland joe at July 26, 2005 07:52 PM (DDXXI)

11 Haeseussland - Taliban are having a bumper crop of juicy opium poppies, just for you! Too much opium means a lower price and angry warlords. Therefore, UBL wants to divert cash flow out of Latin America's cartels and back into the Taliban by poisoning the Coke. All the coke addicts scared of Coke will switch and pay the Taliban, get it??

Posted by: Downing Street Memo at July 26, 2005 07:59 PM (ScqM8)

12 UBL is DSM's daddy. Birds of a feather. One as much a danger to American troops as the other.

Posted by: greyrooster at July 26, 2005 08:23 PM (CBNGy)

13 Klanrooster, Bush and Bin Laden are jealous when you get between them.

Posted by: Downing Street Memo at July 26, 2005 09:02 PM (ScqM8)

14 maybe Osama will do something really stupid, like tring to steal a good amount of Coke and that will start a war between Al-Quada and the South American drug cartels....how wonderfull that would be....it could happen, as evil has a tendency to turn on itself...you know, no honor among thieves...actually makes me think how good it would be if DSM and greg turned on each other....hmmmmm

Posted by: THANOS35 at July 26, 2005 09:17 PM (9gFP6)

15 TANOS, if goddamn goat-jumper Bin Laden was stupid, he wouldn't be such a cursed problem to us, now would he?

Posted by: Downing Street Memo at July 26, 2005 10:12 PM (ScqM8)

16 i didnt say he might be stupid, just the chance that he would make a mistake.....the criminal type are great for doing that, specially the onees who think they are so smart....they get so cocky that they fuck up and do something really stupid and/or desperate...you really dont read into the posts much, do you???

Posted by: THANOS35 at July 26, 2005 10:41 PM (9gFP6)

17 BIN LADEN IS TOAST when we catch his sorry ass!!!!!!!

Posted by: Downing Street Memo at July 26, 2005 10:54 PM (ScqM8)

18 Downing Street Moron: Take your medicine. You must take your medicine or they will lock you up again.

Posted by: greyrooster at July 28, 2005 04:24 AM (CBNGy)

19 Lock your own ass up Klanpigporkerrooster.

Posted by: Downing Street Memo at July 28, 2005 06:40 AM (ScqM8)

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This post is dedicated to those night owls like me who stay up late surfing the net for something interesting to read.

Patrick al-Kafir writes a weekly column every Friday worthy of a paid publication. Go read it while it's still free.

This Jewish girl from Brooklyn trying to make her way in the world is not happy with the world as it is today.

Like the Nazis they aspire to be, the Taliban are pressing children into service.

The American Civil Liberties (for terrorists) Union gets thumped on the melon.

"Sire, it is said the people are revolting!" President Saleh: "You bet! They stink on ice!"

For the rest of you late night losers, give yourself a fatwa on me. Link to this post in your post, and t/b it.

Or, have yourself a happy drunken comment party. I'm going to look for a good picture for the caption contest.

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I ran across this time article that shows the heinous acts of these terrorists for what they are gruesome murder for gruesome murders sake. These people will murder many of their own just to get a few tourists. If you sympathize with them think again they would murder your whole family just for the hell of it or maybe to get one Israeli or Brit or American.

"I saw about eight dead bodies lying on the ground, and seven or eight other people badly wounded," Chilton said. "One guy had no torso, just legs and chest held together by nothing but skin. There was another girl with her leg gone, and a guy with two legs gone, trying to get up. He didn't realize he had no legs." There was relatively little blood; the explosion was so hot it cauterized most of the wounds".

The Abdullah Azzam Brigades has claimed responsibility but the unknown group Mujahedi Masr or “holy warriors or Egypt has diluted that claim. Although they seem to have the details wrong. My money is on Abdullah Azzam Brigades

More on the Abdullah Azzam Brigades where they come from and how they are related to the current war on terror is below. Heck they are the originator of this whole mess. Al-qaida related yes they founded Al-qaida.

The Abdullah Azzam Brigades are apparently named after Abdullah Azzam, a Palestinian who led Islamic militants in Afghanistan and was killed in 1989 by a roadside bomb. He was regarded as the one-time spiritual mentor of al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden.
Azzam studied Islamic theology in Egypt before traveling to Saudi Arabia where he lectured in Islamic law. During the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, Azzam was financed by Saudi Arabia and other Islamic states to establish camps for Muslim militants who joined the fight against the Russian forces.

More here too.

Born in Palestine in 1941, Azzam moved to Jordan and then to Saudi Arabia before migrating to Pakistan at the start of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979. In Peshawar, Azzam set up the Office of Services of the Holy Warriors (Mujahideen) and set about re-igniting the Islamic power rage against those non-Islamic powers that had conspired against Islam since before the Crusades. Darting off with not much more than a storefront in Peshawar, Azzam would ultimately succeed in rejuvenating the concept of jihad among the Arab masses.

Those who met Azzam were dazzled by his spellbinding oratorical skills, his capabilities as a military strategist, his religious leadership, and his interminable energy. Azzam helped bring about the mobilization of the Muslim Brotherhood movement more than any other leader. Today, the military wing of Hamas in the West Bank is called the Abdellah Azzam Brigades.

On an earlier note from Vinnie, yes I noticed the main coverage today seems to all be about the guy that was shot in London. Not matter that he was carrying a bomb or not, the suspicious nature of his actions added to the current climate in London made for a perfectly understandable mistake. In fact IM suggested the possibility that it was possibly an orchestrated mistake. For whatever reason, this man chose to act suspiciously and also disobey a direct police order in a time and place where that was the last thing any innocent person would do. Also IÂ’ve noted that so far a Jamaican and now one Brazilian have been involved in the London incidents in various ways. Rusty has been telling us of danger from the south for some time now. While slow to come around and I donÂ’t think itÂ’s widespread more and more evidence comes out that he is correct. There is a danger from the south. I ask all Mexicans criminal and otherwise if you are approached by one of these jerks. Take his freaking money and kill him. Us border patrol give them a freebee for every one they kill and drop over the Rio Grande for us. Just paint terrorist on his back.

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Islamic terrorism is all because of Iraq, right? So, the problem is simple, the Islamists are only carrying out a troops-out movement, they're only demanding nothing more than a withdrawal from Afghanistan and Iraq and justice for the Palestinians?

If you buy this line, you must have never asked yourself "if Al Qaeda cares so much about Iraqi civilians then why is it killing so many of them, including children, through suicide bombings?" Or "why did the Madrid cell that staged last MarchÂ’s train bombings continue to plan attacks, even after SpainÂ’s new government had begun withdrawing from Iraq?" Why the bombing of a nightclub in Bali?

We conservatives should avoid hiding our heads in the sand and thinking that Iraq has nothing to do with terrorism, because it does. As Jonathan Freedland suggests in his article appearing in the Bahrain Tribune Daily, "Iraq’s connection to the London bombers is the obvious one: it has served to anger and radicalise a generation of young Muslims across the globe." However, Freedland reminds those that think it's all about Iraq, that "those who monitor Islamism in Britain say that the big surge in growth of extremist groups came not after 9/11 or Iraq but in the mid-1990s – with Bosnia serving as the recruiting sergeant. In the same period Chechnya, Kosovo and Israel-Palestine all came into play – again predating Iraq."

Iraq has been used as a rallying point for a plan that al-Qaeda was following with or without Iraq, and the terrorism was already occurring long before Iraq. All of us on both sides of the political spectrum need to recognize the role of Iraq in terrorism, but by no means is it all about Iraq. And damn it, there is never an excuse for terrorism in the mind of a rational human being. But, of course, we're not talking about rational human beings, we're talking about Islamofascists - Muslim extremists seeking to force all non-believers into submission under Islamic domination and rule, and under Islamic law.

From Freedland we are offered a credible explanation of what the Islamofascists are after, one that even the anti-war/anti-American mentor, Juan Cole, agrees with. Freedland suggests that "central to al-Qaeda's ideology is the "reint in Spain, Morocco, north Africa, Albania, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and the Middle East, as well as Pakistan, Indonesia and the Philippines." Al Qaeda' agenda predates and goes beyond Iraq. It seeks to end all western presence in those lands it deems Islamic, and place those lands "under Islamist rule as part of the yearned-for caliphate." It seeks to have all of these lands (perhaps only part of Spain), under the rule of Islamic law and the caliphate.

Rule all these lands under Islamic law and a long yearned-for caliphate? As Freedland concludes, "What it adds up to is a more mixed picture than either Blair (or the Bush administration) or the anti-war movement has allowed. Iraq has played a key part – of course it has – in angering large numbers of young Muslims, pulling them towards an extremist message once confined to the lunatic fringe. But that message is not only about Iraq, Afghanistan or even the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza – and we delude ourselves if we think it is."

But you say that Freedland is wrong, and the anti-war left is right, it's all about Iraq. So let's hear what Juan Cole, an anti-war mentor, a liberal Islamist-loving, anti-American, U of Michigan professor, has to say about the matter in the following excerpts from his piece, "Bin Laden's Vision Becoming Reality:" more...

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OK, so who didn't fall in love with the Parminder Nagra character in Bend it Like Beckham? (If you didn't you're feakin' gay, man.) She's now a regular on ER, by the way. I know she's precisely the sort of tomboy that used to get my heart thumping when I was a ne'r-do-well kid in HS and College. (I mean, girly girls are "OK," but give me a girl who can kick a football or run a 100 meter dash any time.)

So having become susceptible to English Pakistani culture through such a sympathetic portrayal it's not all that comforting to see cute Jess's extended family as the perpetrators of the recent London bombings. [Note: Jess's family were Sikh rather than Muslim, as a reader embarassingly points out. See updates below for thoughts on how this changes the thesis.] And I imagine it's no easier for my UK brethren, who must have been similarly enthralled. I do not think that Islam is, by definition, a pathological religion. But I think some elements of Islamic culture might be pathological, and there is a "dirtly little secret" that is rarely discussed, except by an old friend of mine on a new blog called Jefferson State. An excerpt that's liable to ellicit a fatwa [with commentary]: more...

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John at Crossroads of Arabia notices that Saudi Arabia will soon prosecute several extremist clerics for issuing fatwas, or religious edicts, which justify terrorist acts. A good start. Now if they'd only prosecute those that preach in favor of the fascism of Sharia law. Oh, wait......

Bill Dauterieve passes along the news that AL-QAEDA is secretly recruiting affluent, middle-class Muslims in British universities and colleges to carry out terrorist attacks in this country, leaked Whitehall documents reveal.

Mohammad al-Garbuzi sought by investigators in the London and Madrid bombings. No confirmation on rumors that he is part of a radical Mennonite faction.........So, who was responsible? Bin Laden? Nope. It was the J-O-Os. Don't you know it's always the J-O-Os??

Knock-knock.
Who's there?
My Vagina.
My Vagina who?
My Vagina says the war in Iraq was illegal and Bush-Hitler is a war criminal.

Downsizing troop levels in Iraq? A new leaked memo seems to indicate that by this time next year we'll have half as many troops on the ground. [UPDATE: Rob, guest blogging over at Wizbang, backpeddles on the leaked memo]Oh, and attacks are down in Iraq--you won't see that on the news tonight.

The CBC doesn't realize the song is 'Blame Canada' not 'Blame America'.

Anti-war movement resorts to spam attacks.

The Carnival of the Liberty is up.

Jay at Stop the ACLU interviews a former member of the fifth column.

Forget Downing Street, check out "The Pinelawn Road Memo". It may be fake, but at least it's accurate.

Confederate Yankee has all the hot, wet, blowing action. (Hurricane humor, dumbass!)

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In addition to the following, there likely will be more reports of incidents of backlash against Muslims, adding challenges to law enforcers who already have their hands full.

From The Statesman:

Fire broke out in a mosque in Leeds and a Gurdwara in Kent, amid the first indications of a possible backlash against British Muslims as police said tension in the country was increasing. About 70 incidents against minorities have been reported across the country since yesterday, police said, adding they ranged from the fires in the prayer halls to two possible assaults, cases of verbal abuse and threatening calls. Kent Police are investigating two assaults on Muslim men in Dartford.

(Auckland, New Zealand) Prime Minister Helen Clark and other government officials condemned "mindless and stupid vandalism" which has occurred at about 14 Islamic places of worship in Auckland between Thursday and today.

From National Nine News:

Auckland's Muslim community found six mosques vandalised and walls tagged in graffiti with the message 'Londoners RIP' following the terrorist bombings in London that killed more than 50 people.

In what appeared to be a coordinated series of attacks in central, south and west Auckland, vandals smashed glass windows and doors and left variations of the same message in black paint on walls facing the street.

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